In an surprising move away from the Google brand, g.cn, the shortest domain name which Google acquired last year, is now being officially promoted by Google.

Google China is showing the advertisement below on its internet cafe customized homepage to help entry level users remember its single character URL.

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Perhaps they are willing to take this risk on account of the Google brand not being as big in China as elsewhere.

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